The two liberals I have across the street are also atheists........funny how often those two things go together.
My situation also. Conversation is like walking on eggshells.
Almost every liberal is a secularist, so are many people who are traditionalists. A lot of secularists are atheists. A major problem is having any sort of in depth conversation to establish the beliefs or world view of individuals. The same is difficult with English speaking Europeans. An attempt to do this with a Danish business professional produced the same sort of snark and bumper sticker expressions as here. It appears to that intellectual activity even among those who consider themselves intellectuals has declined with the rise of the electronic universe. Ask friends on either side of the divide what books they are reading or the last book read. Many take this to be a trap or an insult and those who don’t are often embarrassed and admit either none or a virtual non-book or a help book. Intellectual activity seems to be on the decline.